63 of 67 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Thankyou for being a friend", August 8, 2010
This review is from: Golden Girls: 25th Anniversary Complete Collection (DVD)
This special set is being issued to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary of THE GOLDEN GIRLS. The show ran from 1985 to 1992, earning legions of fans worldwide. An unexpected smash for NBC, THE GOLDEN GIRLS told the story of four older women living together, and happily growing old disgracefully, in Miami. Brainy, self-assured divorcee Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), sultry, sex-mad Southern belle Blanche Deveraux (Rue McClanahan), sweet, simple-minded St. Olafian Rose Nylund (Betty White), and Dorothy's acid-tongued mother Sophia (Estelle Getty), on the run from Shady Pines Retirement Home.
This complete series set sadly won't feature any new bonus content (the only special new things will be a deck of novelty playing cards and the packaging, designed to resemble Sophia's trademark wicker purse). So in essence those who've already purchased the individual season sets won't have a great reason to double-dip unless you really want the purse--which is quite a novelty for the hardcore fans.
Extra features varied throughout the seperate season sets, but here's a quick run-down for those who didn't buy them:
Season 1 - A fashion commentary feature hosted by Joan and Melissa Rivers
Season 2 - "Go for the Gold" Interactive Trivia Game
Season 3 - "Golden Moments" montage, "Golden Girls" Interactive Scrapbook
Season 4 - "Top Ten Guest Stars of Season 4" countdown
Season 5 - Audio commentaries for key episodes, hosted by Bea Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan
Season 6 - Excerpt from a 2006 cast/crew reunion Q&A held at the Museum of Television & Radio
Season 7 - "Thankyou for Being a Friend" retrospective with Arthur, White and McClanahan
It's hard to imagine a more perfect sitcom (save perhaps "I Love Lucy"), in terms of how the writing, humour and performances never seem to become dated. It's still as fresh and vital as it was during the original run. How many sitcoms give you serious belly laughs, re-run after re-run? This show does! THE GOLDEN GIRLS will always be in my Top Five favourite sitcoms; these ladies have truly endeared themselves and I can't see a week through without playing at least one or two episodes.
Now, how about DVD releases for "The Golden Palace" and "Empty Nest"? C'mon! I want a COMPLETE "Golden Girls" set!
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"One Of The Best Series Of All-Time!, August 6, 2010
This review is from: Golden Girls: 25th Anniversary Complete Collection (DVD)
"The Golden Girls" will always be one of the greatest TV sitcoms ever broadcast on network television. Not only was it a Top 10 show six out of the seven seasons it originally aired on NBC, but it went on to enjoy enormous success in both syndication and cable airings, and the individual season sets sold in huge quantities.
Now, "The Golden Girls-The 25th Anniversary Edition" comes to DVD with all 180 episodes uncut on 21 DVD's along with all the bonus features that were included in the DVD season sets. The bonuses include a great feature called "Thank You For being A Friend-A Look Back With The Golden Girls" and interviews with Bette White, Rue McClanahan, Beatrice Arthur, and Estelle Getty from the Museum of Television and Radio. Unfortunately with this new DVD edition, which is being released to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the series (it debut on September 14, 1985), there are no new bonuses. Fans were hoping the studio would release episodes from "The Golden Palace" that aired after "The Golden Girls" was cancelled in 1992, but alas this is not the case. What you do get, however, is beautiful packaging made in the mold of Sophia's famous purse, along with all the episodes. If you haven't bought any DVD sets of this wonderful series snap this gem up. Even if you bought the individual sets buy this edition: the price is excellent and I am sure this will be a collector's item in time.
One interesting tidbit of information: "The Golden Girls" was the only TV series, along with "All in The Family" and "Will and Grace", where the entire lead cast received Emmy's for their work.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I recieved mine today, November 10, 2010
This review is from: Golden Girls: 25th Anniversary Complete Collection (DVD)
I purchased this and the packaging is really cute.I always wanted to get this series on dvd so when I saw this I decided to get it.
The Sophia purse packageing is kinda large and all the dvds fit nicely in the purse as well as the playing cards.
The purse comes in a clear plastic box with pictures on it and you take the purse out and it has velcro to open and close the purse.
If you don't own the series yet on dvd you may like this for the fun of it.But all the dvds are the same packaging as the previous single season releases.
I think more people who own the series would have bought this if it included the spin-off The Golden Palace and it really should have been included.
Now that I have the complete series it would be nice to have the Golden Palace on dvd.
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